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if president obama wins ohio, the path for romney is challenging. for example, he would have to pick up virginia, wisconsin, iowa, florida, new hampshire. and still would not have the electoral vote es needs. he would have to add colorado to get there. tonight these new campaign numbers reflecting the rough week last week. that secret tape. the words about 47%. the obama team up in eight states with this tonight. >> mitt romney dismissed 47% of americans for not pulling their weight. he attacked millions of hard-working people making 25, 35, 45 -- >> reporter: now, on that issue of taxes, what the governor said here today, talking about those taxes, the president did not raise income tax rates in his first term. he has proposed raising taxes on families earning $250,000 or more. diane, tonight this campaign looking for a game-change. as you know the all important debate a week from tomorrow. they acknowledged mr. romney was practicing over the weekend and has research sessions this week. >> a lot of pressure on that debate. thank you, david. what ab
if president obama wins ohio, the path for romney is challenging. for example, he would have to pick up virginia, wisconsin, iowa, florida, new hampshire. and still would not have the electoral vote es needs. he would have to add colorado to get there. tonight these new campaign numbers reflecting the rough week last week. that secret tape. the words about 47%. the obama team up in eight states with this tonight. >> mitt romney dismissed 47% of americans for not pulling their weight. he...
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i mean, where was president obama? he didn't sound like a great world leader, but on the other hand, you have the new president of egypt, and what did he talk about? he talked about a new policy towards the middle east. he talked about egypt having a bigger role in the world, and then there was ahmadinejad of iran. that's his swan song. he's not addressing the united nation, and he talked about a new world order iran leads collecting the nonaligned nations. he sees a whole new anti-american coalition. lou: think about where we are, folks. we're talking about two men who dominate both the meeting at the general assembly and the press. one is sunni, one a shia, both talking about, one could seem, a global call lo fate leaving some folks in the dust of history from their perspective, that is, namely us. >> we were ire irrelevant in the conversation. the middle east had the plates shift in middle east. the arab spring, arab awakening, looked like president obama of the united states was helping to rest that. now we are, 18
i mean, where was president obama? he didn't sound like a great world leader, but on the other hand, you have the new president of egypt, and what did he talk about? he talked about a new policy towards the middle east. he talked about egypt having a bigger role in the world, and then there was ahmadinejad of iran. that's his swan song. he's not addressing the united nation, and he talked about a new world order iran leads collecting the nonaligned nations. he sees a whole new anti-american...
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that's what obama's policies have done for women. welcome, daughter. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> tonight on "world news." race against time. mitt romney gets the word ease in a slide in battleground states. what does he do today to turn it around and why is he showing up with bill clinton? >>> game over. was this the worst call ever? >> two of the worst calls at the end of a football game i can remember. >> players, fans up in arms. who are these replacement referees. find out what we learned today. >>> real money. are you losing tens of thousand of dollars. is the bank telling you what your home is really worth? how to get that money back. >>> and, look, no hands? has the jettison's car finally arrived? an announcement today, we'll soon be sharing the road with cars that drive themselves. >> go ahead much. >>> good evening. tonight we begin with the clock ticking and a candidate looking for a big move. 42 days to go until "your voice, your vote." and governor mitt romney shows him in a slide in two a
that's what obama's policies have done for women. welcome, daughter. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> tonight on "world news." race against time. mitt romney gets the word ease in a slide in battleground states. what does he do today to turn it around and why is he showing up with bill clinton? >>> game over. was this the worst call ever? >> two of the worst calls at the end of a football game i can remember. >> players, fans...
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and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the obama administration. >> the first response of the united states must be outrage of the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for american values is never the right course. as i watched over the passed 3 1/2 years, the president has had some successes and failures, and it's a hit or miss approach, but not based upon sound foreign policy. >> here is the statement released just before midnight that kicked off the campaign bickering. romney saying it's disgraceful that obama's administration's first response was not to condemn the attack but to sympathize with those that waged attacks. >> hillary clinton expressing our profound sadness over the deaths of the americans, including ambassador stevens. >> today many americans are asking, indeed, i asked myself, how could this happen? how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we helped save from destruction? >>> the protests sparked by outrage over a film made by an israeli filmmaker in california, and the film sparking outrage in neig
and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the obama administration. >> the first response of the united states must be outrage of the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for american values is never the right course. as i watched over the passed 3 1/2 years, the president has had some successes and failures, and it's a hit or miss approach, but not based upon sound foreign policy. >> here is the statement released just before midnight that...
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obama up five points. what is wrong there? >> nothing is wrong. it's called an election. >> well, that's -- some of these -- those are pretty good leads compared to what we have seen before. >> i don't know. those are the kinds of leads john kerry had on election day, and george bush became the president. you know? so those are -- those are margins that are well within striking distance for either candidate to be overconfident about who is going to win this election. in fact, whoever is overconfident about whoever is going to win this election is probably going to lose it. this is a darn close election. whoever expected what happened in the last week, week and a half with -- in this election. this is going to be an election about the economy. it's now becoming an election that's looking an awful lot like 1980 with jimmy carter style president in the white house. >> certainly, you would agree, certainly, that having american hostages held for 444 days is a little different from having a protest outside amer
obama up five points. what is wrong there? >> nothing is wrong. it's called an election. >> well, that's -- some of these -- those are pretty good leads compared to what we have seen before. >> i don't know. those are the kinds of leads john kerry had on election day, and george bush became the president. you know? so those are -- those are margins that are well within striking distance for either candidate to be overconfident about who is going to win this election. in fact,...
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president obama not condemning the libyan government. >> today we mourn for more americans that represent the best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> this is on the heels of romney's slamming the president's response which became a fierce back and forth between the two campaigns. and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the obama administration. >> the first response of the united states must be outrage of the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for american values is never the right course. as i watched over the passed 3 1/2 years, the president has had some successes and failures, and it's a hit or miss approach, but not based upon sound foreign policy. >> here is the statement released just before midnight that kicked off the campaign bickering. romney saying it's disgraceful that obama's administration's first response was not to condemn the attack but to sympathize with those that waged attacks. >> hillary clin
president obama not condemning the libyan government. >> today we mourn for more americans that represent the best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> this is on the heels of romney's slamming the president's response which became a fierce back and forth between the two campaigns. and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the...
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. >> obama voters showed up in full force today in iowa. the election has begun in the fit swg ste wi ear thammp i ing . >> my job is not to worry about those -- >> tonight, dnc chairwoman debbie wasserman-schultz on the democratic effort to get out the vote in iowa and beyond. >>> "mother jones" unearthed yet another lost romney tape from his in years. bcal n st pars >>'ll ask robert reich what mitt romney means when he says he's harvesting companies. >>> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut whole thing down. at he's talking about when it comes to women has the nerve to call senator claire mccaskill unladylike. we'll bring you the latest on the todd akin disaster. good to have you wh us anr hit, folks. ioicoff e 2012 electionn january. today it was the first state where people could cast their votes in person for the general election. the race is on. the race has been tight in iowa, but president obama has the momentum. the latest ten-day poll erage from "real clear politics" shows president obama with nearly
. >> obama voters showed up in full force today in iowa. the election has begun in the fit swg ste wi ear thammp i ing . >> my job is not to worry about those -- >> tonight, dnc chairwoman debbie wasserman-schultz on the democratic effort to get out the vote in iowa and beyond. >>> "mother jones" unearthed yet another lost romney tape from his in years. bcal n st pars >>'ll ask robert reich what mitt romney means when he says he's harvesting companies....
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in ohio, president obama up by ten points. est a y oias there are otr smaller and more local polls that have the margins slightly smaller in pennsylvania and florida today, but those other pollalso show president obama winning in the swing states. a new ppp poll in iowa today shows president obama leading in io bvein ie mtiol colorado showing president obama leading in colorado by four points. nationally, president obama has seen his lead rebound in recent days. in the gallup daily tracking point, he initially got a six-point bounce out of the democratic convention. that lead evaporated in e ys n pdebaas tow au regained that six-point lead as if he just did the conventions all over again. with just 41 days left until the election, a snapshot of the race is very clear. in fact, we do these polls every day and it's almost starting to seem static at the presidential lel. thswstpolls that we do every day, pretty much the map always look like this. president obama leading in all of the swing states or at least leading in almost all
in ohio, president obama up by ten points. est a y oias there are otr smaller and more local polls that have the margins slightly smaller in pennsylvania and florida today, but those other pollalso show president obama winning in the swing states. a new ppp poll in iowa today shows president obama leading in io bvein ie mtiol colorado showing president obama leading in colorado by four points. nationally, president obama has seen his lead rebound in recent days. in the gallup daily tracking...
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should not be going after obama. then president obama after romney made the statement, then president obama condemned the killing. of course he has the right in the world to say really, we're going to apologize -- when you read it yesterday i thought we're apologizing to muslims and they are killing our people? >> andrea: vilry yol from the media -- vitriol from the media. take a listen if you missed this today. >> statement ast night, do you regret the tone at all given what we know now? >> do you think coming soon after the event unfolded overnight was appropriate to weigh in on the crisis unfolding? >> do you regret having the statement come out too early before we learned about all the things that were happening? >> andrea: what do you think, bob? >> bob: he made a very political statement, took advantage of a crisis, did not know the full facts, does not understand that area of the world. the idea that you suggest he is saying that he attacked obama's values, obama was not attacking anybody's values. also, just
should not be going after obama. then president obama after romney made the statement, then president obama condemned the killing. of course he has the right in the world to say really, we're going to apologize -- when you read it yesterday i thought we're apologizing to muslims and they are killing our people? >> andrea: vilry yol from the media -- vitriol from the media. take a listen if you missed this today. >> statement ast night, do you regret the tone at all given what we...
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obama has been criticizing romney over the comments about this. >> when you express an attitude that half the country considers itself victims, that somehow they want to be dependent on government. i thinking is maybe you have not gotten a round a lot. gerri: you haven't gotten a round a lot. this is in response to romney. highly controversial. every republican in the world has jumped all over him. where is the republican support for mitt romney? >> first of all, it was probably not an accurate statement. a lot of people who get benefits, social security, medicare, it was a misstatement. i think mr. romney would be the first to say that. does he understand the country, what is going on, i would say absolutely. he has been out in the job market for a long time. he was a community organizer before he became president. working with people day in and day out, you have a better understanding on how to create those jobs. gerri: mrs. romney was on a plane that filled up with smoke and had to make an emergency landing. when something like that, you sit back and say to yourself, is the tone r
obama has been criticizing romney over the comments about this. >> when you express an attitude that half the country considers itself victims, that somehow they want to be dependent on government. i thinking is maybe you have not gotten a round a lot. gerri: you haven't gotten a round a lot. this is in response to romney. highly controversial. every republican in the world has jumped all over him. where is the republican support for mitt romney? >> first of all, it was probably not...
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he has to be tough as president obama is against him, personally, he has to say, president obama succeeded in setting ground work for a fundamental change of america, in which our old standards of free market changed. neil: high did. -- he did everything he set out to do that is what worried me. >> he has to say, he is an ideal log who tried and succeeded to lay foundation for something he would complete in the second term, we've seen that foundation in first term, obamacare is just part of it. using federal regulatory apparatus that has never been done before, with what he could not get through congress. >> does it linger and hurt? >> it could, if he gives president obama a free ride, playing into that nice guy thing, which is part of president obama's campaign, he is just a nice guy. they play on his likability numbers, if mitt has guts to attack that head osaying he is aned -- ideal log, plans his seeds in u.s. fundamentally changing the character of the united states not only internally but also in regards to our allies abroad. neil: don't you think that president reagan a debate with
he has to be tough as president obama is against him, personally, he has to say, president obama succeeded in setting ground work for a fundamental change of america, in which our old standards of free market changed. neil: high did. -- he did everything he set out to do that is what worried me. >> he has to say, he is an ideal log who tried and succeeded to lay foundation for something he would complete in the second term, we've seen that foundation in first term, obamacare is just part...
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obama for not voting for mitt romney is like saying i don't like cancer. so i'm not going to vote for cancer essentially he has had to compromise with republicans who want to drag drag america in the wrong direction and then the question is do you want to go even farther in that wrong direction by supporting it even worse republican policies the bottom line is that every step of the way this president has been up structed by republicans has had to compromise with republicans adopt unfortunately some bad republican ideas like massive tax cuts for the rich and now he's being blamed by republicans for failing how about this how about instead of blocking them they help pass his policies and then i can see what a real progressive agenda looks like ok rob jump in there where do you stand should obama be fired. yes i think that the big mistake a lot of people are making is they're talking too much about policy and not about politics and that's obama's big mistake he wants to be a policy maker he has never embraced or acknowledged or maybe not even understood what
obama for not voting for mitt romney is like saying i don't like cancer. so i'm not going to vote for cancer essentially he has had to compromise with republicans who want to drag drag america in the wrong direction and then the question is do you want to go even farther in that wrong direction by supporting it even worse republican policies the bottom line is that every step of the way this president has been up structed by republicans has had to compromise with republicans adopt unfortunately...
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clinton can energize and talk back into the obama camp. the former president stumped for the current president in miami saying that obama has made progress under difficult circumstances. >> the test is not whether you think everything's hunky dory. if that were the test, the president would vote against himself. the test is whether he's taking that in the right direction and the answer is yes. >> clinton stumps in orlando today and expect to see him in one of four states in the coming weeks. florida, ohio, new hampshire and nevada. a lot of older white working class swing voters. meanwhile paul ryan is back in wisconsin today before heading to capitol hill tomorrow for a few house votes. his first visit to washington since being tapped as romney's running mate. ryan is on the ballot twice in wisconsin's first congressional district for vice president and re-election of his house seat. so today's day debuting tv ads for his house seat. >> as americans, we deserve a choice, you, not washington, should decide the path we take and the decision
clinton can energize and talk back into the obama camp. the former president stumped for the current president in miami saying that obama has made progress under difficult circumstances. >> the test is not whether you think everything's hunky dory. if that were the test, the president would vote against himself. the test is whether he's taking that in the right direction and the answer is yes. >> clinton stumps in orlando today and expect to see him in one of four states in the...
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do you want to see him go harder at barack obama? >> well, i have to think that it's been a pretty rough period because everything he says, they attack him and i think he's going to have to get very tough and frankly, he's got to fight fire with fire. they're blaming him for egypt, okay? this is a beauty. they blamed him the other day for egypt. now, egypt's blowing up with a horrible foreign policy that we had, and they actually put the blame on mitt romney. i said what did he have to do with egypt? it really is, it's a nasty campaign and honestly, mitt is going to have to be both very smart, which he is, and very nasty, which frankly, he's not. and he's got to get that way because they are coming at him with all barrels loaded and he's going to have to get that way and very quickly, in my opinion. when i see what happened with, as an example, the memo or the statement he made having to do with libya, and having to do with other things, having to do with egypt, and he's getting blamed for all this, it's incredible. he has nothing to
do you want to see him go harder at barack obama? >> well, i have to think that it's been a pretty rough period because everything he says, they attack him and i think he's going to have to get very tough and frankly, he's got to fight fire with fire. they're blaming him for egypt, okay? this is a beauty. they blamed him the other day for egypt. now, egypt's blowing up with a horrible foreign policy that we had, and they actually put the blame on mitt romney. i said what did he have to do...
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about the mind you were talking about obama's pitch. ok i'd like to go back to rob in new york how much is this campaign really about anxiety not about democrats and republicans but anxiety about the future. it's about anxiety to a tremendous extreme because. the big question are we better off than we were four years ago that was this this to david axelrod yesterday and he said well auto workers are what we're talking about the country as a whole and it's also been a very mercurial economy where it's good one day and the stock market the next day it crashes one hundred points there's there's really no even keel here and people are concerned i i want to address what we're talking about a little bit before which is a word unsustainable i think it's a big problem with with the democratic party they want to do all these things but they have all these programs that are literally unsustainable and that's where my concern comes in president obama says he's going to solve that by increasing taxes on the rich which would bring in another eighty
about the mind you were talking about obama's pitch. ok i'd like to go back to rob in new york how much is this campaign really about anxiety not about democrats and republicans but anxiety about the future. it's about anxiety to a tremendous extreme because. the big question are we better off than we were four years ago that was this this to david axelrod yesterday and he said well auto workers are what we're talking about the country as a whole and it's also been a very mercurial economy...
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that the menendez demands, the obama administration response. that was a strange moment today. >> i think he made a very important point that the economic sanctions have not worked to slow down the neck their weapons program. not affecting the nuclear program which means that the next at by their is a rocket center somebody takes the military action. lou: is there some strange way of benefit to this public discussion of policy that would, one seriously your estimate seems, suggest they constrain their public comment, the secretive rather than discuss time lines, red lines, and moments for attack? >> he has now made his point. i think he would be best advised to stop further public discussion. we passed the real redlines years ago. lou: ambassador john bolton. always good to have you here. >> thank you. lou: much more on the president's policy later with the "a-team." it the naacp has a problem. they say are election laws are racially discriminatory. they're going to the united nations. he has a better idea. just separate the races. we are joined
that the menendez demands, the obama administration response. that was a strange moment today. >> i think he made a very important point that the economic sanctions have not worked to slow down the neck their weapons program. not affecting the nuclear program which means that the next at by their is a rocket center somebody takes the military action. lou: is there some strange way of benefit to this public discussion of policy that would, one seriously your estimate seems, suggest they...
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now it is one-point race and president obama up a point. obviously well within the margin of of error. romney is recognizing that there is potential damage to this and he held the news conference last night, but not backing away from the overall sentiment. >>shepard: carl cameron, thanks very were. governor romney will give his first interview since the story broke to neil cavuto in less less than an hour. "your world," at 4:00 eastern and 3:00 central on fnc. a change in afghanistan could shape up the military mission. the pentagon has announced it is suspending most joint operations between united states troops and afghan troops. this is in response to a dramatic increase in insider attacks. those attacks are when afghan forces turn their guns on the nato allies. according to the reporting of the associated press it has happened 36 times this year leaving 51 troops dead, most of them, according to the ap, americans, more attacks in the last two years, combined. now, most u.s. troops will no longer work, side by side with afghan forces and
now it is one-point race and president obama up a point. obviously well within the margin of of error. romney is recognizing that there is potential damage to this and he held the news conference last night, but not backing away from the overall sentiment. >>shepard: carl cameron, thanks very were. governor romney will give his first interview since the story broke to neil cavuto in less less than an hour. "your world," at 4:00 eastern and 3:00 central on fnc. a change in...
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on china saying that the china has taken president obama to the mat. you almost want to put a stop sign up and say, just don't talk about any country other than america. >> yeah. economy, economy, economy. >> this is not a winner for you, richard. even china stuff, henry kissinger, sat on the sidelines and said, romney, this isn't the best way to deal with the chinese. who knows about china other than henry kissinger. >> let's be clear, china's not an enemy. it may not be entirely an ally either. it has been, probably will to be for decades to come, something in between. countries are, and that's the world as we find it. you can try to say america needs to project leadership. what are we are going to do in libya right now in terms of leadership that they're talking about? >> right. >> there a role for the military? is that the kind of strength that they assume? one thing you would think about the kinds of advisers about mitt romney they would have learned some lessons from their experience in iraq, namely that military, american military, is the suprem
on china saying that the china has taken president obama to the mat. you almost want to put a stop sign up and say, just don't talk about any country other than america. >> yeah. economy, economy, economy. >> this is not a winner for you, richard. even china stuff, henry kissinger, sat on the sidelines and said, romney, this isn't the best way to deal with the chinese. who knows about china other than henry kissinger. >> let's be clear, china's not an enemy. it may not be...
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can obama reintroduce hope at his party's gathering and can he convince voters he is still the right guy for the job. and. to cross out the u.s. election i'm joined by rod how in new york he's an american television news commentator and satirist in washington we have john kerry he is the founder of the ferry group and in charlotte we crossed to adam green he is co-founder of the progressive change campaign committee all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in any time when john if i go to you first does barack obama deserve another four years in office. no and i think that at this convention he's got to explain himself for having a failing presidency and largely having policies that not have not worked for the american people on employment above eight percent people kind of losing faith in their government and just kind of a sense of hopelessness i think that barack obama needs to be fired ok and what do you think about that obama should be fired we'll talk about romney later well ok and for us of all i would just say that our organization the progressive cha
can obama reintroduce hope at his party's gathering and can he convince voters he is still the right guy for the job. and. to cross out the u.s. election i'm joined by rod how in new york he's an american television news commentator and satirist in washington we have john kerry he is the founder of the ferry group and in charlotte we crossed to adam green he is co-founder of the progressive change campaign committee all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in any time...
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perhaps a few viewers that may not be obama supporters. that may be why obama spent so much time with letterman talking about the white house micro brewery. probably to his advantage. but i don't think it can hurt. another thing is campaigns i think have this perception that if they go on these shows, whether day time or late night, they're actually going to reach voters or reach i think just citizens who may not even be planning to vote and that this might be kind of a last-minute way to actually get them interested and actually get them to the polls. >> there is an interesting headline out there that romney's got billionaires and obama's got hollywood talking about support and contributors. let me show you a list of celebs donating or fund raising for barack obama. includes george clooney, russell simmons, deepak chopra, tyler perry, mariah carey. we saw the big fundraiser last night. romney's list included sheldon adelson, roger penske, ira rennert. it is interesting. there was a time it seemed early on in the campaign before romney was
perhaps a few viewers that may not be obama supporters. that may be why obama spent so much time with letterman talking about the white house micro brewery. probably to his advantage. but i don't think it can hurt. another thing is campaigns i think have this perception that if they go on these shows, whether day time or late night, they're actually going to reach voters or reach i think just citizens who may not even be planning to vote and that this might be kind of a last-minute way to...
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in florida where nearly one out of three voters is over 65, romney trails president obama by four points. 51% to 47%. in ohio, romney is down eight points, 52% to 44%. and it gets about the same z mbers in virginia, eight points behind. in those three states, of senior voters who said medicare is extremely important 53% are going with president obama, 42% mitt romney. we asked dean reynolds to tell us more about the medicare factor. >> the first step to a stronger strcare is to repeal obamacare. oboos) because it represents the worst of both worlds! >> reporter: a week ago when republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan spoke about medicare to the american association of retired persons in new orleans, he got an earful. >> the law turned medicare boo into a piggy bank for obamacare! (boos) >> reporter: that frosty reaction is borne out in new polling, both by cbs news and others which found more people thought the president would do a better job handling medicare than governor romney. the "washington post" and kaiser foundation surveyed voters in virginia, ohio, and florida. in tho
in florida where nearly one out of three voters is over 65, romney trails president obama by four points. 51% to 47%. in ohio, romney is down eight points, 52% to 44%. and it gets about the same z mbers in virginia, eight points behind. in those three states, of senior voters who said medicare is extremely important 53% are going with president obama, 42% mitt romney. we asked dean reynolds to tell us more about the medicare factor. >> the first step to a stronger strcare is to repeal...
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and these are people who largely voted for barack obama. and if you go out there and bash barack obama, you're going to make them feel like they did the wrong thing, and no one wants to feel like they were stupid. so they have -- so he says, if we ask people these voters particularly, if obama failed, they say no. if you ask them if they're disappointed in barack obama, they say, well, kinda, that he hasn't turned things around faster. so -- from his own perspective, and this is based on focus groups, he noted, he stuck with this very nuanced way of trying to figure out how to attack barack obama without alienating people who did vote for him. and i think that's right. if you bring this to debate, he'll have a hard time going after the president for that reason. >> well, alicia, there's something to that, because you notice he's been trying to come off a little more moderate in tone. watch this. >> now and then, the president says i'm the grandfather of obamacare. i don't think he meant that as a compliment, but i'll take it. >> translator:
and these are people who largely voted for barack obama. and if you go out there and bash barack obama, you're going to make them feel like they did the wrong thing, and no one wants to feel like they were stupid. so they have -- so he says, if we ask people these voters particularly, if obama failed, they say no. if you ask them if they're disappointed in barack obama, they say, well, kinda, that he hasn't turned things around faster. so -- from his own perspective, and this is based on focus...
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when the obama care thing came up, i'll keep some obama care and he says, i didn't mean it. here's his basic problem. we talked about it before. does this man know what it is he believes? is he willing to stick to it and fight for it? whatever the truth of it is, the perception has been there from the beginning. this guy may not know really what he wants to do. these last few days have fuelled that. if he wins, he has to win on jobs and the economy. he can't seem to keep the focus there. and you can't run a campaign with more twists than a pretzel factory and expect people not to catch up. not in the present day. i think future historians and politicians and people who cover politics will be looking at this campaign and studying it for a long time to come because the center of gravity has changed with facebook, twitter and the immense amount of coverage there is of a campaign. there's a time not long ago, you can say one thing to one group of people and another thing to another group of people and it wouldn't catch up. those days are gone. now either the romney campaign does
when the obama care thing came up, i'll keep some obama care and he says, i didn't mean it. here's his basic problem. we talked about it before. does this man know what it is he believes? is he willing to stick to it and fight for it? whatever the truth of it is, the perception has been there from the beginning. this guy may not know really what he wants to do. these last few days have fuelled that. if he wins, he has to win on jobs and the economy. he can't seem to keep the focus there. and...
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how quickly people are dead get about obama's remarks about trivial things like missile defense. fred said that mitt romney has nothing to apologize for. he had a magnificent display of character. thank you for being with us, good night from new york. neil: this just in. worse than we thought. you remember the health care mandate, the one that the supreme court said was okay? well, this is the one that says you either have health insurance by year 2016 or you will have to pay a penalty. the cbo is estimating that at least 6 million americans will have to pay that, as he. not the 4 million they were estimating as recently as yesterday. this is a number that reflects what people are going to do by the year 2016. we are in 2012. it is getting worse. this mandate is getting pricier. the former director douglas holtz eakin. that is a big shopper and an added expense to something that needs to seem to be adding is it as a big surprise. >> cbl is up 50%. looking inside that increase, source number one is a bad economy, which the cbo projects. that means a lot of people out there. the af
how quickly people are dead get about obama's remarks about trivial things like missile defense. fred said that mitt romney has nothing to apologize for. he had a magnificent display of character. thank you for being with us, good night from new york. neil: this just in. worse than we thought. you remember the health care mandate, the one that the supreme court said was okay? well, this is the one that says you either have health insurance by year 2016 or you will have to pay a penalty. the cbo...
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this is the assumption within the obama administration. they are careful to note that they were early in the investigation they don't want to jump to any conclusions. in the security posture around the warorld on the 9-11. 9-10 they this security postures. they reviewed them in the wake of the anniversary and in the wake of potential attacks they felt good about it heading into the anniversary. they are now reassessing that no doubt. the president made it clear he is now expanding the security all around the world and is promising justice. >> we have mourned for more americans who represent the very best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake justice will be done. >>> the president went over to the state department making it clear that the white house is grieving with them. he went on to las vegas for a campaign event. he is still on his way there now air force one. it was a scheduled event. republicans criticizing that. romney went on with
this is the assumption within the obama administration. they are careful to note that they were early in the investigation they don't want to jump to any conclusions. in the security posture around the warorld on the 9-11. 9-10 they this security postures. they reviewed them in the wake of the anniversary and in the wake of potential attacks they felt good about it heading into the anniversary. they are now reassessing that no doubt. the president made it clear he is now expanding the security...
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now, for a look at obama's plan. as part of $500 billion in spending cuts, president obama says he wants to get rid of older ships and to delay buying new ones. he proposes by cutting the army by some 66,000 and reducing the marine corps by another 20,000. obama envisions continuing use of small special forces teams and unmanned drones, a signature weapon of the last decade. but romney surrogate and former d.o.d. comptroller doug zanheim says there is no evidence that it will work. >> there is no information that manned and unmanned drones are effective when used exclusively. >> reporter: the use of them gains militants in pakistan and yemen have had results without putting u.s. troops on the ground. he told cnn's jessica yellin. >> it has to be a situation in which we can't capture the individual before they move forward on some sort of operational plot against the united states. >> i don't think that whether obama or romney wins, we will see this technology go away or see any greater minimized use of it because of
now, for a look at obama's plan. as part of $500 billion in spending cuts, president obama says he wants to get rid of older ships and to delay buying new ones. he proposes by cutting the army by some 66,000 and reducing the marine corps by another 20,000. obama envisions continuing use of small special forces teams and unmanned drones, a signature weapon of the last decade. but romney surrogate and former d.o.d. comptroller doug zanheim says there is no evidence that it will work. >>...
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obama has not. we go down to the review, of this book, woodward's portrait of obama sketched through a series of scenes from the meeting room and phone call, reveal a man that is too confident in his negotiating skills. and in his ability to understand hissed a vertarys. charles -- understand his adversaries. big deal? not a big deal? >> huge deal. inside stories of one of the most crucial episode with test of leadership and he failed. the last analysis is right. he doesn't lack for self-regard but he lacks for managerial and negotiating skills. he never ran a candy store. he had to negotiate a tough deal that could have been done an he failed. >> bret: a.b.? >> there is not actually a lot of new stuff in here. another account of this really miserable chapter in american history we lived through breathlessly last summer. both parties including ryan voted for a stupid debt deal. led to a trig they're went nowhere. we have a vote where he is venderring his judgment, which woodward hasn't done in past.
obama has not. we go down to the review, of this book, woodward's portrait of obama sketched through a series of scenes from the meeting room and phone call, reveal a man that is too confident in his negotiating skills. and in his ability to understand hissed a vertarys. charles -- understand his adversaries. big deal? not a big deal? >> huge deal. inside stories of one of the most crucial episode with test of leadership and he failed. the last analysis is right. he doesn't lack for...
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they had been run ago race that would be a referendum on president obama in which president obama would be found wanting. therefore his challenger would win. that has not i think been sufficient. it's become more of a choice election. that reflects a success by the obama folks in raising questions about governor romney. so he is now forced to make a stronger case forimself. and the problem with coming out with specifics, whether it's on economic policy or foreign policy, is that it gives more for your critics to pick at and criticize as well as giving americans a better sense of what you do in office. >> ifill: so we can assume that the people in chicago, the obama folks are just kicked back, happy about this, got it in the bag, right? >> not quite. . although i think they feel... clearly they feel better than they did before the conventions. i think their belief is they have now a more solid lead. however small it may be. it is a more soid lead than they had going into the conventions. i think they also think that this race will tighten further. they know the pitfalls ahead with the de
they had been run ago race that would be a referendum on president obama in which president obama would be found wanting. therefore his challenger would win. that has not i think been sufficient. it's become more of a choice election. that reflects a success by the obama folks in raising questions about governor romney. so he is now forced to make a stronger case forimself. and the problem with coming out with specifics, whether it's on economic policy or foreign policy, is that it gives more...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our rkers." w miomtane cheaters... when he's taking their side? ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. seeour auored mercedenzle orepalfe through mercedes-benz financial services. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? unab droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones li the . if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nhingranss hool like investing in advanced buteacher education.shows... let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspi
mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our rkers." w miomtane cheaters... when he's taking their side? ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. seeour auored mercedenzle orepalfe through mercedes-benz financial services. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: he keeps saying it... mitt romney: this president cannot tell us that you're... better off today than when he took office. anncr: well... here's where we were in 2008... tv anncr: the worst financial collapse... since the great depression... tv anncr: american workers were laid off in numbers not seen... in over three decades. anncr: and here's where we are today... thirty months of private sector job growth. creating 4.6 million new jobs. we're not there yet. but the real question is: whose plan is better for you? the president's plan asks millionaires... to pay a little more... to help invest in a strong middle class. clean energy. and cut the deficit. mitt romney's plan? a new 250,000 dollar tax break for... multi-millionaires. roll back regulations on the banks that cratered the economy. and raise taxes on the middle class. president clinton: they want to go back to the same old... policies that got us in trouble in the first place. president obama: we're not going back, we are moving forward. anncr: f
president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: he keeps saying it... mitt romney: this president cannot tell us that you're... better off today than when he took office. anncr: well... here's where we were in 2008... tv anncr: the worst financial collapse... since the great depression... tv anncr: american workers were laid off in numbers not seen... in over three decades. anncr: and here's where we are today... thirty months of private sector job growth. creating 4.6...